Diversity, flower visitation frequency and generalism of pollinators in temperate rain forests of Chiloé Island, Chile

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 399-416

  Smith Ramirez C ^a,b,c   Martinez, P ^a,b,c   Nunez M ^a,b,c   Gonzalez C ^a,b,c   Armesto, J J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Univ Metropolitana Cie E   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bees; Birds; Hummingbirds; Myrtaceae; Plant pollinator interactions; Pollination systems; Specialization

Indexed keywords

FLOWER VISITING; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST; ZOOPHILY;

CHILE; CHILOE ISLAND; LOS LAGOS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; GESNERIACEAE; HYMENOPTERA; LUZURIAGA; MYRTACEAE; PASSERIFORMES; PHILESIACEAE; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 17644380679     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2005.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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